We definitely can’t say it was obliterated.” That candid analysis by a U.S. official, quoted in the wake of Operation Midnight Hammer, sums up the uneasy hesitancy now afflicting defense experts and ...

China's scientists have stated that striking the sides of GBU-57 MOP within a distance of 3,900 feet could shatter the bomb.

Ryan Brobst, a Foundation for Defense of Democracies munitions expert, explains the trick: their hardened steel body. This allows them to dig deep into the ground before blowing up. The GBU-57/B is ...